Lynda Brown, CFI
Chief Flight Instructor (CFI), Class 1 Flight Instructor and Ground Instructor
Lynda is also a Transport Canada Pilot Examiner and a Transport Canada Authorized Person
Lynda has been training pilots for over 38 years. She has flown over 20,000 hours in over 25 different types of aircraft.
Her dream aircraft is a Pilatus PC-12, but her favorite is a Corsair.
Tony Appels
Class 1 Flight Instructor, Ground Instructor, and Aircraft Maintenance Manager
Tony comes to Vital Aviation with a diverse background as a pilot and aeronautical engineer. After a 27-year military career, he retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force in 2013 and spent the next 7 years as an aviation professor at the School of Aviation at Seneca College and as a pilot for WestJet Encore. Tony has been active as a pilot and flight instructor for over 25 years and has a passion for teaching others to fly. He holds an Airline Transport Pilots License endorsed with a Group 1 Instrument Rating and a Class 1 Flight Instructor Rating and has logged over 5,000 flight hours in over 30 different aircraft types.
Ian Chomeczko
Class 3 Flight Instructor and Ground Instructor
Ian is a Class III Instructor who completed his PPL, CPL and Instructor Rating with Vital Aviation, and has been a valued member of our team since early 2021. We wish Ian the very best as he moves onto his next career step as an airline pilot.
Daniel Judge
Class 4 Flight Instructor and Ground Instructor
Daniel completed his PPL, CPL and Instructor Rating with Vital Aviation, and we are pleased he has rejoined Vital as a flight instructor in May 2022
Jon Hart
Class 4 Flight Instructor and Ground Instructor
Jon completed his Private Pilot, Commercial Pilot, and Flight Instructor training with Vital, and joined our team as a flight instructor in October 2022
Admin / Dispatch
Jennifer Hewlitt
Jennifer is our Office Administrator and Dispatcher. She has a keen interest in aviation and is training for her Private Pilot Licence, with an eye on becoming a professional pilot